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  • Nigeria Seeks Help from Niger in Battle with Militants

    NIAMEY -- Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border threat. Concerns grew particularly after Islamist militants associated with al-Qaida seized the north of Mali last year and were dislodged only after ...

  • Cholera outbreak hits Malian refugee camp in Niger

    NIAMEY, Niger -; The United Nations refugee agency said that they are working to contain a cholera outbreak in Niger in a refugee camp for people fleeing the conflict in ...

  • SGF receives Achebe’s corpse in Abuja

    The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, on Tuesday morning joined family members of late Chinua Achebe to receive the corpse of the literary icon at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Other senior government functionaries who also came to welcome Achebe’s corpse included the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi; Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo; and ...

  • Nigeria relaxes state of emergency

    Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency over three states near Nigeria's northern border. The government is fighting militants from Boko Haram, a militant group trying to establish an Islamist state in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African States this week described the state of emergency as a necessary and legitimate measure to ensure security, Nigerian newspaper ThisDay ...

  • Army relaxes curfew in Yola

    By Umar YusufYola – The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola has announcedthe review of the curfew imposed on the state after the declaration of the state of Emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan last week. The curfew which was earlier fixed at6pm to 6amhas now been reviewedfrom7pm to 6am. In a two paragraph statement issued in YolaTuesdayby the Army PublicRelations Officer, ...

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Picture Perfect

Much like this summer's earlier romantic comedy "My Best Friend's Wedding," "Picture Perfect" chronicles the adventures of an attractive, single, late-twenty-ish heroine who lies, connives, condescends, and abuses people to get what she wants. In "My Best Friend's Wedding," Julia Roberts wanted the man. In "Picture Perfect," Jennifer Aniston's Kate wants not just a man, but also a top-level job at ... ...

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  • Senate backs emergency rule

    Against all expectations, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday,unanimously backed the state of emergency slammed on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last week, by President Goodluck Jonathan, following what was seen as ceaseless and senseless killings of people in the affected states by Boko Haram Islamist group. The upper legislative chamber had slated today, as a day for deliberation and subsequent ...

  • U.S. Secretary Kerry On State of Emergency Fighting in Northern Nigeria

    The United States is deeply concerned about the fighting in northeastern Nigeria following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states. We are also deeply concerned by credible allegations that Nigerian security forces are committing gross human rights violations, which, in turn, only escalate the violence and fuel extremism. The United ...

  • Nigerian Senate Approves State of Emergency

    Nigerian military. The Senate unanimously approved the declaration. The Senate on Tuesday approved the State of Emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States. The 100 senators present unanimously approved the president’s declaration at a session of the whole house. The Senate had earlier gone for closed door session to debate the matter. At the ...

  • Performance Report to Be Used to Weed Out Unproductive Judges - CJN

    The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, has said that beside outcome of petitions filed against judges, the National Judicial Council would henceforth use its performance evaluation reports to weed out incompetent and indolent judges out of the bench. The CJN gave this indication while receiving "Nigeria's Judicial Performance Evaluation 2008 - 2011" ...

  • Senate Reps Deliberate Emergency Rule in Closed Sessions

    The Senate and House of Representatives have separately gone into closed sessions to deliberate on a letter from President Goodluck Jonathan on the proclamation of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe State. After Senate president David Mark read a letter from the President, requesting the Senate to ratify the proclamation of Emergency rule, the Senate voted to go into a closed session to ...

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